Schwartz Artist In Residence
Single Ticket Price: $30
Build-Your-Own Package Price: $22.50 available here!
Vibraphonist Warren Wolf takes the stage with the Emory Jazz Fest All-Stars to kick off Emory University’s Jazz Fest 2023.
A multi-instrumentalist from Baltimore, Warren Wolf will join All-Stars Gary Motley (piano), Edwin Livingston (bass), Clarence Penn (drums), and Gregory Tardy (saxophone). Wolf has collaborated with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Jeremy Pelt and “Creation,” Nicholas Payton, Tim Warfield, Ron Carter, Wycliffe Gordon, esperanza spalding, and many others.
In this 20th anniversary celebration for both Jazz Fest and the Schwartz Center, the general public is also invited to observe free lecture/demonstrations and master classes with the artists. A full schedule of events is listed below:
All events take place in the Emerson Concert Hall at the Schwartz Center unless otherwise noted.
- Thursday, Feb. 9 at 2:30 p.m., Lecture/Demonstration with Warren Wolf | Free | No tickets required
- Friday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m., Warren Wolf and the Emory Jazz Fest All-Stars | Tickets $30 | Emory Students $10
- Saturday, Feb. 11 at 11:30 a.m., Jazz Clinic | Tharp Rehearsal Hall | Free | No tickets required
- Saturday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m., Emory Big Band with Gary Motley Trio and members of the Emory University Symphony Orchestra| Free |Tickets requiredEmory Jazz Fest All-Stars concert program is available here.
Emory Jazz Fest 2023 concert program is available here.
Full details for Jazz Fest 2023 is available here.